MORE HEALTHY IDEASRead a book // Talk to a friend // Call someone on the phone // Take a walk // Take a nap // Help someone // Color a picture of your three most favorite places to relax // Hit a pillow // Cry // Study Tae Kwon Do // Play a sport // Visit with a favorite teacher // Ride a bike // Play a board game // Write in a journal // Plant something // rearrange your room // play some soft music // Write poetry // Go to the park // Take a drive // Write a letter // Join a club, organization, or church group // Write three goals // Think of a peaceful place // Dance // Take three long, deep, breaths // Make a "thinking of you" box, decorate it, place memories there // Play a musical instrument //Start a hobby // Make a worry jar, write and place worries there // Play with a pet // Make a to-do list // Scrap book // Do volunteer work // Find positive people to hang out with // Read a book to a child // Lay on your back and count the stars // Go to a book store, read about relaxation skills // keep a conversation journal with a parent or adult where you can write questions about worries and get written replies

Each day, keep active, eat healthy, avoid caffeine, get enough sleep, express your feelings, take time to laugh at something, keep yourself neat and clean, find something to give thanks for, and take one day at a time.